J.C. Newman

In 2023, J.C. Newman released 40 humidors that used wood that was once the Staples Center floor used for the 2011 NBA All-Star Game. Inside of those humidors was an exclusive size of The American, fittingly called the All-Star.

This is the third year that J.C. Newman and Brizard & Co. have teamed up for a limited edition cigar case. Unlike the 2022 and 2023 versions, this year’s case uses walnut wood for some of the exterior.

Last year, J.C. Newman sold a humidor out of wood from the floor of the 2011 NBA All-Star Game, this year, it’s going to sell humidors designed to look like home plate and using wood from broken bats.

For the sophomore release in the series, LeRoy Neiman’s “Left Bank Cafe” was chosen as the artwork to go alongside the 7 x 50 Churchill. It’s a nod to this year’s Paris Olympics and Neiman’s role as the official painter of five Olympic games.

Full disclosure: I gave the baseball guy (Patrick Lagreid) the chance to write this story.

The cigar was created to commemorate the iconic American artist’s 1978 painting “Irish-American Bar.”

This year’s José Gaspar cigar is a 6 1/2 x 52 toro. Like the 2023 release, it will only be sold at locations in Tampa.

J.C. Newman once again celebrated Oktoberfest with a limited edition version of its Brick House line

The humidor is made from wood used for the 2011 NBA All-Star Game’s court.

This cigar is a collaboration between J.C. Newman and the foundation of the famed American painter

The case is wrapped in leather from a bison that was part of the Ted Turner’s bison herd.